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Newspaper
Linton Daily Citizen
Location
Linton, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1928
Page
2
A haphazard cache of Santa wish notes from local children fills the Daily Citizen mail today. Names and streets appear, with requests for dolls, toys, candy, oranges, and other gifts, plus reminders to remember the poorer children and family members.
A child writes a Christmas wish list for Santa including a tractor wagon candy oranges and nuts for siblings and relatives. Carl Junier Rirt and a seven year old request a rocking chair a coat and a big doll while asking Santa to remember cousins in Bicknell a five year old brother and grandma who will have a gift.
A historical fragment shows a six year old Hazel Terrell asking Santa for a doll house a doll and a telephone while noting a request for Marjorie a three year old whose wishes follow. The letter implies a Christmas gift theme and concern for other children.
A collection of Santa letters from Barbara Jean Raney Robbie Lee Breck and Conrad Ferguson ages six ask for toys including a red scooter a doll bed a dump truck a large bus a trolley car house slippers and games plus candy nuts galoshes and a dog also requesting mother to sew a nightie and to remember other children with a merry Christmas message and signatures with addresses and street details.
Local store owners are warned to watch for a man calling himself R. C. Grimes and claiming to be a hosiery company salesman or advertising agent from Chattanooga Tennessee. He shows letters and papers to prove his claim and presents checks drawn on Hamilton National Bank in Chattanooga. The man is about 5 feet 8 inches tall with sandy hair a slim face and weighs roughly 135 to 140 pounds. A $100 reward is offered for his arrest.
Miss Dorotha Combs visited Miss Bernice Taenogle for a weekend as Mineral M I E church held a three week revival led by Rev. Paul Hayswood and Rev. Charlie Frakes from Linton. Numerous local families hosted guests, with gatherings at Mitchells Roaches Isenogles and Haslers. Dave Mitchell suffered a severe ladder fall while repairing a barn gable. Dr. Mason treated internally injured areas. Mrs. A Q Isenogle ill with flu. Charlee Miller and Bill Allen joined Andy Allen for a Sunday visit.
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